A Manila marketing agency waged a cyber campaign paid for by China to weaken support for Philippine government policy and to sow discord over the security alliance with the United States. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/06/asia-pacific/china-infowar-us-philippines/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #philippines #misinformation #us #china #taiwan #socialmedia
Employment-related scams rose by over 1,000% from May through July, when new graduates typically search for jobs, and nearly 1 in 3 Americans report have received job offer scams via text message, according to McAfee. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/06/economy/scams-us-job-hunters/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #us #jobs #cybersecurity #misinformation #fraud

PR firms are spreading climate misinformation on behalf of fossil fuel companies. Could Australia stop them? https://phys.org/news/2025-10-pr-firms-climate-misinformation-behalf.html
#Australia #environment #climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #fossilfuel #fossilfuels #lobby #misinformation
PR firms are spreading climate misinformation on behalf of fossil fuel companies. Could Australia stop them? https://phys.org/news/2025-10-pr-firms-climate-misinformation-behalf.html
#Australia #environment #climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #fossilfuel #fossilfuels #lobby #misinformation
👩🏻🔬 Scientists say X (formerly Twitter) has lost its professional edge — and Bluesky is taking its place
「 Although other platforms like Threads and Mastodon have also positioned themselves as alternatives, Bluesky appears to be the primary destination for scientists migrating from X. Against this backdrop, researchers set out to document whether scientists were truly abandoning X and whether Bluesky was filling the gap 」
Scammers are among the top political ad spenders on Meta's platforms, using deepfake videos of American politicians — including President Donald Trump — to promote fake government benefits. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/02/world/politics/us-deepfake-political-ads-meta/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #meta #misinformation #deepfakes #socialmedia #advertising #us
"Disinformation" has become such a contentious label in the United States that some researchers who study the harmful effects of falsehoods are abandoning it altogether. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/23/world/politics/what-researchers-call-disinformation/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #misinformation #media #fakenews #internet

How are we to understand the Information Disordered Landscape created by #SocialMedia ?
Is Western Democracy being degraded by #algorithms ?
Excellent conversation hosted by Peter Geoghan of #DemocracyForSale, in conversation with Eliot Higgins of @Bellingcat
How are we to understand the Information Disordered Landscape created by #SocialMedia ?
Is Western Democracy being degraded by #algorithms ?
Excellent conversation hosted by Peter Geoghan of #DemocracyForSale, in conversation with Eliot Higgins of @Bellingcat
The previously sensible advice to never use ChatGPT for search needs to be rethought - GPT-5 in thinking mode is shockingly good at running searches now https://simonwillison.net/2025/Sep/6/research-goblin/
https://www.newsguardtech.com/ai-monitor/august-2025-ai-false-claim-monitor/
Full report: https://www.newsguardtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/August-2025-One-Year-Progress-Report-3.pdf #llm #misinformation



College students are bombarded by #misinformation, so this professor taught them fact-checking 101 − here’s what happened https://theconversation.com/college-students-are-bombarded-by-misinformation-so-this-professor-taught-them-fact-checking-101-heres-what-happened-262409 #media #education
College students are bombarded by #misinformation, so this professor taught them fact-checking 101 − here’s what happened https://theconversation.com/college-students-are-bombarded-by-misinformation-so-this-professor-taught-them-fact-checking-101-heres-what-happened-262409 #media #education

"RFK Jr. demanded that a scientific journal retract a vaccine study. Its Philly-based editor refused." Good.
https://www.inquirer.com/health/christine-laine-annals-internal-medicine-rfk-20250820.html?id=Na39cruXtXDM6
#RFKjr #vaccines #vaccinate #disinformation #misinformation#ScienceMatters
"RFK Jr. demanded that a scientific journal retract a vaccine study. Its Philly-based editor refused." Good.
https://www.inquirer.com/health/christine-laine-annals-internal-medicine-rfk-20250820.html?id=Na39cruXtXDM6
#RFKjr #vaccines #vaccinate #disinformation #misinformation#ScienceMatters
A social media clip of a Palestinian mother reuniting with her children in Canada has been used by some pro-Israeli critics to deny claims of starvation in Gaza. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/13/world/politics/palestinian-mother-gaza-starvation/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #hunger #famine #misinformation

"“If Brazil makes strides in its regulation, it could inspire other countries…” said Francisco Cruz, a law professor
#Brazil, led by the Supreme Court and Justice Moraes, has taken some of the most aggressive steps of any country in tackling online #misinformation, saying it undermines the country’s #democracy.
If tech companies succeed in influencing Brazilian regulation, the #tariffs could deliver a major, if quieter, victory for the American leader and his allies."
"“If Brazil makes strides in its regulation, it could inspire other countries…” said Francisco Cruz, a law professor
#Brazil, led by the Supreme Court and Justice Moraes, has taken some of the most aggressive steps of any country in tackling online #misinformation, saying it undermines the country’s #democracy.
If tech companies succeed in influencing Brazilian regulation, the #tariffs could deliver a major, if quieter, victory for the American leader and his allies."

Rural residents were upset when Oregon released a statewide map estimating property risk from wildfires.
Until then, the impacts of climate change were abstract to many people, one senator said. “This is a very big chicken coming home to roost.”
https://www.propublica.org/article/oregon-wildfire-risk-map-rural-homeowners?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News#Oregon#Wildfires#Map#Home#Misinformation#Climate#ClimateChange
Rural residents were upset when Oregon released a statewide map estimating property risk from wildfires.
Until then, the impacts of climate change were abstract to many people, one senator said. “This is a very big chicken coming home to roost.”
https://www.propublica.org/article/oregon-wildfire-risk-map-rural-homeowners?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News#Oregon#Wildfires#Map#Home#Misinformation#Climate#ClimateChange